National Plan of Action for Children (NPAC)

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FUN SHEET 1

Ravi has three questions for you about the NPAC. He is sure you know the answers.

Choose the correct answer

1. The NPAC is…

(a) A specific plan just for children

(b) A spaceship (c) A new planet that

was discovered

Choose the 5 correct answers

2. The following documents were looked at when the NPAC was

developed:

(a) South Africa’s Constitution (b) UN Convention on the Rights of

the Child (c) Sunday Times Newspaper

(d) African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

(e) Bona Magazine (f) National Development Plan

(g) All laws in South Africa that talk about children

3. The NPAC is for 6 years. If it started in 2012 it will

end in 20….?

Answers: 1. (a) 2. (a), (b), (d), (f), (g) 3. 2017

Learn about the National Plan of Action for Children (NPAC)

FUN SHEET 1

Ravi has three questions for you about the NPAC. He is sure you know the answers.

Choose the correct answer

1. The NPAC is…

(a) A specific plan just for children

(b) A spaceship (c) A new planet that

was discovered

Choose the 5 correct answers

2. The following documents were looked at when the NPAC was

developed:

(a) South Africa’s Constitution (b) UN Convention on the Rights of

the Child (c) Sunday Times Newspaper

(d) African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

(e) Bona Magazine (f) National Development Plan

(g) All laws in South Africa that talk about children

3. The NPAC is for 6 years. If it started in 2012 it will

end in 20….?

Answers: 1. (a) 2. (a), (b), (d), (f), (g) 3. 2017

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FUN SHEET 2

Thandi has questions for you about the NPAC. It is not too difficult to answer.

NPAC is the letters we used to shorten National Plan of Action for Children.

Answers: 1. (b) 2. (f)

Choose the correct answer

2. A main focus of the NPAC is:

(a) Healthy Children (b) Children grow, learn and develop

(c) Children are safe, protected and cared for (d) Children live in houses, and have access

to water and food (e) Children are listened to

(f) All of the above

Choose the correct answer

1. In South Africa a child is a person:

(a) Younger than 10

years (b) Younger than 18

years (c) Younger than 30

years

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FUN SHEET 2

Thandi has questions for you about the NPAC. It is not too difficult to answer.

NPAC is the letters we used to shorten National Plan of Action for Children.

Answers: 1. (b) 2. (f)

Choose the correct answer

2. A main focus of the NPAC is:

(a) Healthy Children (b) Children grow, learn and develop

(c) Children are safe, protected and cared for (d) Children live in houses, and have access

to water and food (e) Children are listened to

(f) All of the above

Choose the correct answer

1. In South Africa a child is a person:

(a) Younger than 10

years (b) Younger than 18

years (c) Younger than 30

years

Learn about the National Plan of Action for Children (NPAC)

FUN SHEET 3

Fatima has some questions for you about the NPAC. These questions are about your right to health.

Answers: 1. True 2. True 3. False (children should eat healthy and enough 4. True

Choose the right answer for each question. Mark it with a

1. Breast milk is the only food that babies need until they are 6 months old.

True or False

2. Children should receive good quality health

care when they are ill.

True or False

3. Children must eat sweets and junk food.

True or False

4. Children living with HIV should receive

treatment and care.

True or False

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FUN SHEET 3

Fatima has some questions for you about the NPAC. These questions are about your right to health.

Answers: 1. True 2. True 3. False (children should eat healthy and enough 4. True

Choose the right answer for each question. Mark it with a

1. Breast milk is the only food that babies need until they are 6 months old.

True or False

2. Children should receive good quality health

care when they are ill.

True or False

3. Children must eat sweets and junk food.

True or False

4. Children living with HIV should receive

treatment and care.

True or False

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FUN SHEET 4

Rights wants to see what you have learned about the NPAC and your rights & responsibilities.

Answers:

1 matches with (b); 2 matches with (f); 3 matches with (d); 4 matches with (e); 5 matches with (c); 6 matches with (g); 7 matches with (a)

Link each right (left side) with a line to the responsibility (right side) that goes with it

Right to a good education

Right to good health care

Right to be well fed

Right to be protected from

abuse, cruelty and neglect

Right to make mistakes

Right to a clean environment

Right to be listened to

and taken seriously

A Responsibility to listen to other’s views and ideas

B Responsibility to do home work and listen to teachers

C Responsibility to learn from mistakes

D Responsibility not to waste food

E Responsibility not to bully and harm others

F Responsibility to take good care of our bodies

G Responsibility not to litter and keep the environment clean

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FUN SHEET 4

Rights wants to see what you have learned about the NPAC and your rights & responsibilities.

Answers:

1 matches with (b); 2 matches with (f); 3 matches with (d); 4 matches with (e); 5 matches with (c); 6 matches with (g); 7 matches with (a)

Link each right (left side) with a line to the responsibility (right side) that goes with it

Right to a good education

Right to good health care

Right to be well fed

Right to be protected from

abuse, cruelty and neglect

Right to make mistakes

Right to a clean environment

Right to be listened to

and taken seriously

A Responsibility to listen to other’s views and ideas

B Responsibility to do home work and listen to teachers

C Responsibility to learn from mistakes

D Responsibility not to waste food

E Responsibility not to bully and harm others

F Responsibility to take good care of our bodies

G Responsibility not to litter and keep the environment clean

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FUN SHEET 5

Help Barney to find some words about your right to be listened to.

Answers: There is no answers given for this. Keep on searching. All the words are there!

Find these words in the word puzzle on the right. It is all words

about your right to participation and to have access to information.

association

freedom expression

citizens respected

information children access

seriously views

Find the words (on the left next to Barney) in the right block filled with letters. The words may be horizontal, vertical or across. Have Fun!

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FUN SHEET 5

Help Barney to find some words about your right to be listened to.

Answers: There is no answers given for this. Keep on searching. All the words are there!

Find these words in the word puzzle on the right. It is all words

about your right to participation and to have access to information.

association

freedom expression

citizens respected

information children access

seriously views

Find the words (on the left next to Barney) in the right block filled with letters. The words may be horizontal, vertical or across. Have Fun!

Learn about the National Plan of Action for Children (NPAC)

FUN SHEET 6

Kobus was wondering whether you remember what NPAC tells us about children’s right to grow, learn and develop.

Complete the crossword puzzle. The clues are in the box next to Kobus. If you struggle read page 12 of the Child Friendly NPAC again. How to do the crossword puzzle. Some words go across and others down. There is a number next to each clue that will help you to find the space on the puzzle where you need to fill in the letters or the word. In each clue the number in ( ) indicates how many letters the word you need to fill in has.

Across 1. Children should know their …(7) and heritage. 2. Education for all children must be of good ……(7) 3. Children have a right to a ……(5) environment. 4. Girls and boys must be treated the …… (4) 5. Boys and girls must have the same ………(13) 6. Teenagers must receive services that help with their ……(11) Down 7. Children have the right to …… (4) 8. Children have parents and caregivers that take ………(4) of them. 9. Children with disabilities must be ………(8) and take part. 10. Children can participate in …… (5) 11. Children have the right to a …… (5) environment. 12. We must … (7) other’s culture.

Answers: 1.Culture 2.Quality 3.Clean 4.Same 5.Opportunities. 6.Development 7.Play 8.Care 9.Included 10.Sport. 11.Clean 12.Respect

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Learn about the National Plan of Action for Children (NPAC)

FUN SHEET 6

Kobus was wondering whether you remember what NPAC tells us about children’s right to grow, learn and develop.

Complete the crossword puzzle. The clues are in the box next to Kobus. If you struggle read page 12 of the Child Friendly NPAC again. How to do the crossword puzzle. Some words go across and others down. There is a number next to each clue that will help you to find the space on the puzzle where you need to fill in the letters or the word. In each clue the number in ( ) indicates how many letters the word you need to fill in has.

Across 1. Children should know their …(7) and heritage. 2. Education for all children must be of good ……(7) 3. Children have a right to a ……(5) environment. 4. Girls and boys must be treated the …… (4) 5. Boys and girls must have the same ………(13) 6. Teenagers must receive services that help with their ……(11) Down 7. Children have the right to …… (4) 8. Children have parents and caregivers that take ………(4) of them. 9. Children with disabilities must be ………(8) and take part. 10. Children can participate in …… (5) 11. Children have the right to a …… (5) environment. 12. We must … (7) other’s culture.

Answers: 1.Culture 2.Quality 3.Clean 4.Same 5.Opportunities. 6.Development 7.Play 8.Care 9.Included 10.Sport. 11.Clean 12.Respect

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